Sentence examples for defense contention from inspiring English sources

The trial was expected to focus on a defense contention that the government's informant planned, directed and paid for every aspect of the plot.

In the memo, the government also disputed a defense contention that Judge Kaplan should not have instructed the jury on one point, and that Mr. Farbiarz had made an improper argument during his rebuttal before the jury.

Mr. Braverman said the defense lawyers applauded Judge McMahon's ruling because, he said, it recognized that the F.B.I. memorandum provided support for the defense contention that there would have been no plot without the informant.

Citing this point as an important concession, Mr. Fiske argued that it would support the defense contention that Mr. Taubman also did not know about any subsequent discussions to fix the sellers' fees.

A judge stayed the execution of a man convicted of two killings, ruling that the courts should consider a defense contention that the state uses an illegal drug for executions.

Mr. Tacopina said the video would back up the defense contention that Ms. Giraldo, traumatized by the accident, was resisting a hospital trip, while Mr. Monserrate insisted that they go.

The jury, apparently, believes defense contentions that the C.I.A. had sanctioned their actions.

On Monday, the judge said that while the defense contentions were unfounded he was removing himself from the case "in the best interest of justice".

In a daylong argument, Mr. Chernoff sharply attacked defense contentions that Mr. Ghailani had been duped into participating in the plot, and said he had played a key role in logistical preparations for the Tanzania attack.

Judge Brinkema swept aside a defense request to postpone the trial until next year, dismissing defense contentions that the complex international nature of the case, publicity and complex classified evidence would require additional time.

Sweeping aside defense contentions of official misconduct, a state judge opened the trial of Terry L. Nichols on Monday in the deaths of 160 people killed in the Oklahoma City bombing of April 19 , 1995